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Enrico Dandolo

c. 1107–1205 · 12th century

Enrico Dandolo was Doge of Venice from 1192, elected in old age and nearly blind. He led the Venetian part of the Fourth Crusade, diverting it to Zara and then Constantinople, which the crusaders sacked in 1204. Venice gained a large share of the Byzantine Empire, the basis of its Stato da Mar, and he died in Constantinople in 1205.

Enrico Dandolo
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